What bait was your largest bass caught on?

[BASS fisherman]

Where the heck are you guys fishing to be catching bass over 5lbs like you are? Man Im moving out of Pa, forget this place.

My biggest bass was caught on a Rebel Pop-r.  Second biggest was on a 4" watermelon dinger.

[Guest avid]

3/8 nichols spinnerbait

spro frog

both were in the low 7's some where dont remember exact weights

What?

GMAN,

When I get you down here you will remember the bait, the weight, the date and the time of day!

June 21, 1980  12 noon. white quarter ounce single colorado hammered blade, "Brush hog" brand spinnerbait.  7lbs. 8 oz's

but who can remember that long ago  ;D

[KU_Bassmaster.]

3/8 nichols spinnerbait

spro frog

both were in the low 7's some where dont remember exact weights

What?

GMAN,

When I get you down here you will remember the bait, the weight, the date and the time of day!

June 21, 1980 12 noon. white quarter ounce single colorado hammered blade, "Brush hog" brand spinnerbait. 7lbs. 8 oz's

but who can remember that long ago ;D

March 25, 2005

There was a slight wind out of the south, 5.8 mph if I remember correctly, and I was fishing the east side of Little Caney on Lake Fork.  At precisely 11:36:06 am I made a cast with my Strike King Series 4S crankbait past one of the many stumps on Fork.  I began reeling in and about 7 turns of the handle I could feel my crank start to hang up in the grass.  I "popped" it free and felt it run into the stump and then felt a slight tick.  I began reeling in and to my surprise there was no resistance ........... I was confused for a split second then............... FISH ON.  I reeled as fast as I could to catch up and by the time I caught up she was about 20 ft from the boat and was starting to come up.  Then I see the "flash" and I almost crap my pants, but somehow nervously utter the word "Giant" to my dad that I have a good fish on.  It's the biggest d**n bass I have ever seen.  She started to come to the surface and I did everything I could to keep her down but she made a picture perfect jump about 10 ft from the boat.  By this time my heart is shaking my whole body it's pumping so hard and I kind of feel like I am going to pass out, but I am loving it.  My dad then realizes that I wasn't joking and he starts getting a little nervous too asking if there's anything he can do.  I told him to see if there is a net (rented boat) and he does not find one.  I worked my way to the side of the boat because the big momma was about to surface next to the boat where I could lip her ...... WRONG.  That would be way too easy.  As soon as she surfaced at the side of the boat she made a dive like I had never seen or felt before.  A small crowd is starting to gather around our boat and I am beginning to think I have a new SAL to donate.  She finally begins to surface again and I reach my hand out to grab her, but she takes another powerful but short dive.  After another minute or so she surfaces again, only this time onto my thumb.  I raise her out of the water and it felt like the world had been lifted off my shoulders.  The few boats that gathered around were clapping and telling me to hold it up and telling me about the SAL program (that I of course already knew about).  As my dad fumbled around looking for the scale some people were asking me how long it was so I measured it on the "Golden Rule" ruler that was attached to the rented boat ......... 25".  One guy tells me I have real shot at a SAL.  My dad finally finds the scale ..... moment of truth ............. 10 lbs 8 oz.  A little disappointing she wasn't 13+, she definitely looked it to me and others, but none the less my first 10+ and a new PB so who can complain.  I posed for a few pictures for my self and then for another boat that asked for a picture (I really wish I could hunt these people down.  Turns out my dad left the digital camera in his suit case, so all I got were camera phone shots.  There's no doubt they have better pictures of my fish than I do :  We contemplated putting the fish in the livewell and making a run back to the hotel for the camera, but I didn't want to risk the life of the fish for that.  In hindsight it would have been so easy to ask those people to send me the pics they had via email.  I kick myself everytime I look at the pictures I have)

Yeah ... I remember it pretty well. ;D ;D    

[BucketmouthAngler13]

Like a few others here i cought my 5.2lb LM bass on a buzzbait. A 1/2oz Booyah black w/clacker at 2:30ish pm on Saterday, July 8th of this year.  I was running it  over some sunken logs. Sunny weather, Temp. around 85* with no wind.

It was my 4th cast. I was fishing from the bank. About half way through my retrieve (i was running it med. fast) i saw a wake right behind my buzzbait. I couldn't tell if it was a big fish or my buzzbait, so i stoped my retrieve for an split seccond and KA-BOOM there was a huge explosion on my lure. He was about 20yrds out when he hit, and jumped 2 times before i landed him. Fun stuff.

Picture of fish:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g9/catfishguy/bassicon2.jpg

I've done great with the buzzbait. I got a 4lber in later july on the same type of buzz, and bunches of 3lbs throughout the summer. IMHO Booyah makes the best buzzbait, the clacker really makes the big mama bass mad.

Matt

[Munkin]

6-7 On a Zoom super hog creature bait.

Allen

[Dan:]

texas rigged 4 inch zoom lizard (watermelon) ~4lbs.

[Raul]

13.86 lbs, Rapala Shad Rap SR7 SD.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

I dont know how big, but I know for sure that it was on a terminator spinnerbait.

[scott000]

4-5 lb on a rebel popr

specifically the ol bass one

[shimanogloomis man]

5.6 on a 3/4 oz rat l trap black/chrome

[Hula Popper]

Johnson Beetle Spin. 99 cents. Get some.

[tmacdaddy055]

7lb 4oz on a white floating mouse

[Lightninrod]

9 lbs even on a Matt's Baby Bass

Dan

[bassheel]

A 7.3 on a strike king 3/8 S/B in white shad.It was in Dec. of 2005 on a private pond.

[sodaksker]

6" senko black with blue flake rigged weightless.

[volpster31]

5 lb'er  

    on a 6" junebug zoom lizard..........

[Bass Mekanik]

8lb give or take on a weightless 5" watermelon red flake tiki stick.

[boondocks]

Home maid jig.

[shortbasser]

8.0 lb. --- Rattlin' Rogue

[CyBasser]

5lb 11oz on Yo-Zuri Hardcore lipless crankbait....

[erice97699]

both of my largest fish came on consecutive morings with a 1/2 oz black and red booyah buzz bait with the clacker on it.  On the third morning a nailed what appeared to be the largest fish of my life but I lost him when he dove under the bank and worked himself free....

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/erice97699/DSCN0540.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/erice97699/DSCN0544.jpg

Eric

[Rose_Jackets67]

25-3/4 inches (calculator on here says 8.8 lbs based on measured length/girth) on a smoke/hologram 5" GYCB senko.

Adam

[ga_hawghauler]

largest bass came on a zoom green pumpkin baby brush hog

[K_Mac]

6.5# on a black plastic worm(10" I think, out of the bulk bin at the local marina)-1/4oz round-head jig w/open hook. March 1998, @1:00 am, Bull Shoals Lake, Spring Creek arm. In @ 8' of water (big flat) close to 18-20' creek channel. My wife hit it in the head with the net the first attempt, but we managed to land it anyway. 8-)

[bassrogue]

9lber-3/8oz Booyah Boo Jig(Black/Red w/ Red flake) w/ a 3" grub trailer(Black)